i was going to give this film an eight, but i decided to up my rating to a nine. Brianne Murphy's cinematography tipped me over the edge. she is best known as the first woman to serve as the director of photography on a major studio project ("Fatso," released in 1980). but she was more than just a "token" within the context of film industry history. she was a very talented working cinematographer. compare her work on this film with Henning Schellerup's work on Richard Friedenberg's picture "The Bermuda Triangle." this is a good comparison because many of the events dramatized in the Friedenberg film are also recounted in Donald Brittain's picture. Schellerup's photography is "good," maybe even "very good," but Murphy's cinematography is just that little bit better. the compositions are a bit more artistic, the lighting a little more evocative. maybe the old adage is true. perhaps in certain fields a woman actually has to be BETTER than the boys in order to keep working........ apart from Brianne's contribution, "Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle" is a solid, evocative commercial documentary. Donald Brittain was Canada's premier documentary filmmaker and he brings a bit of an "international" flair to the proceedings, as well as decades of experience in the field. perhaps it was the idea of bringing in a sophisticated "outsider" (as opposed to a credulous American hack) that made all the difference........
